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Heroin in its pure form is a white powder which is easily soluble in water. Short-term effects of heroin include: warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, slurred speech, constricted pupils and droopy eyelids, as well as itchy skin.
Heroin also poses special problems because of the transmission of HIV and other diseases that can occur from sharing needles or other injection equipment.
Withdrawal symptoms from heroin begin within 24 hours after last use and may last up to 7-10 days.
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Heroin
Side Effects 
Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive opiate drug. Its abuse is more widespread than any other opiate. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as "black tar heroin."
One
of the most detrimental side effectst of heroin, is heroin addiction itself.
Heroin addiction is a chronic problem, characterized by compulsive drug seeking
and use, and by neurochemical and molecular changes in the brain. Heroin also
produces profound degrees of tolerance and physical addiction, which are also
powerful motivating factors for compulsive use and abuse. As with abusers of
any addictive drug, heroin addicts gradually spend more and more time and energy
obtaining and using the drug. Once they are addicted, the heroin abusers' primary
purpose in life becomes seeking and using heroin. Heroin literally changes their
brains.
Short term heroin side effects include but are not limited to:
- Rush
- Depressed respiration
- Clouded mental functioning
- Nausea and vomiting
- Suppression of pain
- Spontaneous abortion
Long term heroin side effects include but are not limited to:
- Addiction
- Abscesses
- Collapsed veins
- Bacterial infections
- Infection of heart lining and valves
- Arthritis and other rheumatologic
problems
- Infectious diseases, for example, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C
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